Eccoptosage schizoaspis ( Cameron, 1902 )

Riedel, Matthias, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Maritime Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 5363 (1), pp. 1-94 : 56-57

Eccoptosage schizoaspis ( Cameron, 1902)

Material. Indonesia: Sulawesi, nr Sanggona, 1 km W base camp, Gn. Watuwila, Mal. trap 12, c 200 m, 1 ♂ 12– 15.x.1989, 1 ♀ 19.x.–5.xi.1989, leg. C. van Achterberg ; C Sulawesi, nr Luwuk, Bunga, Mal. trap 15, c 300 m, 1 ♀ 1–14.xi.1989, leg. C. van Achterberg ; SW Sulawesi, Gn. Bulusaraung, nr. Camba, Malawa, Mal. trap 3, c 750 m, 1 ♀ 4 ♂♂ 7.ii.–28.iii.1995, leg. C. van Achterberg & Y. Yasir ; N Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone N.P. c 220 m, 0°34´N 123°54´E, Mal. trap: Maze Toraut R., 1 ♂ 1–9.xi.1985, leg. C. van Achterberg ( Leiden and coll. Riedel) .

Remarks. ♀. Body length 13 mm. Flagellum with 38–45 flagellomeres, moderately lanceolate; 1 st flagellomeres 4.0 × longer than wide, widest flagellomere 1.6 × wider than long. OED 1.7 × and OOD 0.8 × ocellar diameter. Mesopleuron striate ventrally and punctate dorsally, metapleuron striate-punctate. Apophysis and apical extension of lateral carina of scutellum long. Hind femur 5.0 × longer than wide. Colour red. Flagellum black, basal flagellomeres ± red, flagellomeres 7–14 ivory dorsally. Mandible, clypeus and face ± reddish-yellow. Hind tarsus red or ± brownish. Wings slightly yellowish; pterostigma ochreous.

♂: Body length 12–16 mm. Flagellum with 40–43 flagellomeres, bristle-shaped. 1 st flagellomere 3.7 × longer than wide. Tyloids on flagellomeres 9/10–13/15, long-oval, maximally 0.8 × as long as their flagellomeres. OED 1.8 × and OOD 0.7 × ocellar diameter. Mesopleuron and metapleuron finely rugose-punctate. Hind femur 4.5 × longer than wide. Colour red. Flagellum black, ± brownish ventrally. Mandible, clypeus, face and gena reddish-yellow. Hind tibia ± infuscate apically; hind tarsus black. Pterostigma reddish.

Distribution. Widespread in the Oriental region, known from Sulawesi.